Sentence examples for tapered plug from inspiring English sources
To accommodate a larger range of hole sizes, a hollow expanding mandrel, having longitudinal slots and capable of expansion by a tapered plug, can be used.
In the globe valve shown in the Figure (far left), the movable element M may be a tapered plug or a disk that fits a seat on the valve body; the disk may carry a replaceable rubber or leather washer, as in a household water faucet.
Forging a strong, gastight breech presented a particular problem that was usually solved by welding a tapered breech plug between the staves.
Forsyth invented the "scent bottle" type of lock mechanism, so called because rotating on a tapered steel plug at about the location of a flintlock touchhole was a powder-filled container that looked like a perfume bottle.
Different activated sludge process types are explained: the conventional complete mix activated sludge process, the series or plug flow system, tapered aeration, the step feed activated sludge process, the high-rate activated sludge process, extended aeration, contact stabilization, oxidation ditches, and the deep shaft process.
To use the cord puller, push the tapered groove over the part of the plug that you would normally grip with your fingers to pull out the cord.
A fusible plug is a threaded metal cylinder usually of bronze, brass or gunmetal, with a tapered hole drilled completely through its length.
Nonetheless overall demand tapered.
Ticket sales quickly tapered off.
